List of members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus

Congresspeople defeated in an election to Congress (for either their current or another seat), or who have otherwise been prevented from continuing to hold office in Congress^{[note 1]}, are no longer members of congressional caucuses.

Thomas Andrews (ME-1) – defeated in run for Senate in 1994
Jamaal Bowman (NY-16) – defeated for re-nomination in 2024
Cori Bush (MO-1) – defeated for re-nomination in 2024
Mike Capuano (MA-7) – defeated for re-nomination in 2018 by current caucus member Ayanna Pressley
Matt Cartwright (PA-8) – defeated for re-election in 2024
Gil Cisneros (CA-39) – defeated for re-election in 2020
Hansen Clarke (MI-13) – defeated for re-nomination in 2012
Lacy Clay (MO-1) – defeated for re-nomination in 2020 by now-former caucus member Cori Bush
Donna Edwards (MD-4) – defeated in run for Senate in 2016
Chaka Fattah (PA-2) – defeated for re-nomination in 2016 by current caucus member Dwight Evans
Russ Feingold (WI Senate) – defeated for re-election in 2010
Alan Grayson (FL-8) (FL-9) – defeated in run for Senate in 2016
John Hall (NY-19) – defeated for re-election in 2010
Phil Hare (IL-17) – defeated for re-election in 2010
Mike Honda (CA-17) – defeated for re-election in 2016 by current caucus member Ro Khanna
Mondaire Jones (NY-17) – defeated for re-nomination due to redistricting in 2022
Joe Kennedy III (MA-04) – defeated in run for Senate in 2020 (lost to incumbent Ed Markey)
Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (MI-13) – defeated for re-nomination in 2010
Dennis Kucinich (OH-10) – defeated for re-nomination in 2012
Barbara Lee (CA-12) – defeated in run for Senate in 2024
Andy Levin (MI-9) – defeated for re-nomination in a 2022 redistricting race
Carolyn Maloney (NY-12) – defeated for re-nomination in a 2022 redistricting race by current caucus member Jerry Nadler
Cynthia McKinney (GA-4) – defeated for re-nomination in 2006 by current caucus member Hank Johnson
Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (FL-26) – defeated for re-election in 2020
Marie Newman (IL-3) – defeated for re-nomination in 2022
Katie Porter (CA-47) – defeated in run for Senate in 2024
Laura Richardson (CA-37) – defeated for re-election in 2012
Pete Stark (CA-13) – defeated for re-election in 2012
John Tierney (MA-6) – defeated for re-nomination in 2014
Albert Wynn (MD-4) – defeated for re-nomination in 2008

Attainment of a higher position

Although the caucus has had membership from both houses of Congress, it has had much less presence in the Senate, and some representatives choose to leave the caucus when they become senators (or when seeking such office). Other representatives have left the caucus when joining House leadership. Members who have attained higher office outside of Congress, having left that body, are no longer in the caucus.

Tammy Baldwin (WI-2) – elected to Senate in 2012
Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE-AL) – elected to Senate in 2024
Sherrod Brown (OH-13) – elected to Senate in 2006 (defeated for re-election in 2024)
Katherine Clark (MA-5) – left caucus when elected Minority Whip
Keith Ellison (MN-5) – elected Attorney General of Minnesota in 2018
Marcia Fudge (OH-11) – became Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in 2021
Ruben Gallego (AZ-3) – elected to Senate in 2024 (left caucus during campaign)
Deb Haaland (NM-1) – became Secretary of the Interior in 2021
Mazie Hirono (HI-2) – elected to Senate in 2012
Hakeem Jeffries (NY-8) – left caucus when elected House Minority Leader
Andy Kim (NJ-3) – elected to Senate in 2024
Ed Markey (MA-5) – elected to Senate in 2013
Nancy Pelosi (CA-8) – left caucus when elected House Minority Leader
Jared Polis (CO-2) – elected Governor of Colorado in 2018
Hilda Solis (CA-32) – became Secretary of Labor in 2009
Peter Welch (VT at-Large) – elected to Senate in 2022

Other reasons or unknown

Bob Brady (PA-1) – left caucus
Emanuel Cleaver (MO-5) – left caucus
Steve Cohen (TN-9) – left caucus
Angie Craig (MN-2) – left caucus
Lois Frankel (FL-22) – left caucus in 2023 ^[1]
Sylvia Garcia (TX-29) – left caucus
Dan Kildee (MI-5) – left caucus
Zoe Lofgren (CA-18) – left caucus
Joseph Morelle (NY-25) – left caucus
Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40) – left caucus
Bobby Rush (IL-1) – left caucus
Bennie Thompson (MS-2) – left caucus
Ritchie Torres (NY-15) – left caucus in 2024 ^[2]

Notes

^ A living congressperson's tenure in office can be cut short through non-electoral means explicitly beyond their control, such as by expulsion by their respective congressional house, or by committing an action that renders them ineligible for office under Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution; and this removal from office may either disallow them from resuming office (through either election or appointment) or simply discourage them from doing so.

It has not as yet occurred that any congressperson has both, ever been a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, and ever been removed (not by election or their choice or their death) from Congress: thus there is no person whose cause for not being in the CPC is from such removal (which would anyway further require that the congressperson both: either never resume office or not (re)join the CPC upon or after resumption; and, had been in the CPC specifically at the time of such a removal, rather than either unrelatedly leaving before one or first joining only after a resumption).

References

^ Grim, Ryan; Lacy, Akela (November 20, 2023). "Florida Democrat Who Voted to Censure Rep. Rashida Tlaib Quits Progressive Caucus". The Intercept.
^ Timotija, Filip (February 20, 2024). "New York Democrat leaves Congressional Progressive Caucus after splitting with members over Israel". The Hill.

External links

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[1] A living congressperson's tenure in office can be cut short through non-electoral means explicitly beyond their control, such as by expulsion by their respective congressional house, or by committing an action that renders them ineligible for office under Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution; and this removal from office may either disallow them from resuming office (through either election or appointment) or simply discourage them from doing so.

It has not as yet occurred that any congressperson has both, ever been a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, and ever been removed (not by election or their choice or their death) from Congress: thus there is no person whose cause for not being in the CPC is from such removal (which would anyway further require that the congressperson both: either never resume office or not (re)join the CPC upon or after resumption; and, had been in the CPC specifically at the time of such a removal, rather than either unrelatedly leaving before one or first joining only after a resumption).

[2] Grim, Ryan; Lacy, Akela (November 20, 2023). "Florida Democrat Who Voted to Censure Rep. Rashida Tlaib Quits Progressive Caucus". The Intercept.

[3] Timotija, Filip (February 20, 2024). "New York Democrat leaves Congressional Progressive Caucus after splitting with members over Israel". The Hill.

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